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SCMS AWARDS
Since 1971, SCMS has annually honored the year’s best in cinema and media studies scholarship, teaching, and professional service. The next round of awards will be presented at the 2024 SCMS Conference. The submission period will begin Wednesday, July 5 and end Friday, August 4, 5:00PM CT.
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Digital Files Specifications
All book submissions must be submitted as ebooks or digital files through the submission portal. No physical copies will be accepted. Digital files must be accessible to committee members without additional software or credentials. Watermarked digital copies are accepted. Physical copies of published books may be requested by the award committees at any point throughout the review process. Essays are digitally uploaded (PDF required) to the online submission portal at the time of submission.
Book or Project Awards
Katherine Singer Kovács Book Award
Honoring the memory of USC professor Katherine Singer Kovács, this award is given to an outstanding book published in the field of cinema and media studies.
Anne Friedberg Innovative Scholarship Award
Presented in memory of SCMS president-elect Anne Friedberg, this award recognizes innovative work that expands the discipline of cinema and media studies.
Best First Book Award
Recognizing the best first book by an author in the field of cinema and media studies.
Best Edited Collection Award
Awarded to the year’s best anthology in cinema and media studies.
Essay Awards
Katherine Singer Kovács Essay Award
Awarded to the best essay published in a journal.
Best Essay in an Edited Collection Award
Awarded to the best essay published in an anthology.
Student Awards
Student Writing Award
SCMS’s oldest honor, the Student Writing Award recognizes essays or writing by graduate students.
Dissertation Award
The Society’s annual award for an outstanding dissertation in cinema and media studies.
Teaching, Service, and Career Awards
Innovative Pedagogy Award
To recognize new methods, perspectives, and techniques in the teaching of Cinema, Radio, Television, and Emerging Media Studies.
Distinguished Pedagogy Award
For outstanding pedagogical achievement in the field of cinema and media studies.
Distinguished Service Award
For outstanding service to the Society.
Distinguished Career Achievement Award
For outstanding contributions to the field over the course of a career.